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\t\t\tMembers of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment HQ staff inspect the horses in an annual test of the regiment’s ability to conduct state ceremonial duties for the year, Credit:\u00a0Sgt Rupert Frere RLC\/MoD Crown<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\tThis photograph shows Army Musician Kendall Lewis, 23, from Redditch in the West Midlands, who is a\u00a0trumpeter in the Queen\u2019s Life Guard, Credit:\u00a0Sgt Rupert Frere RLC\/MoD Crown<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\tSergeant Lauren Pickering brings her horse under control as it bolts on Holkham Beach when the\u00a0King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery conducted military training in the north Norfolk coast and the rural idyll of Bodney Camp, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC\/MoD Crown<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\t7 Flight Army Air Corps is an independent flight of the British Army’s Army Air Corps, based at the British garrison in Seria, Brunei, Credit:\u00a0Sgt Rupert Frere RLC\/MoD Crown<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing and rigorous jungle warfare exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit:\u00a0Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\tMembers of Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery take a break during a gun salute in Green Park London\u00a0at the start of the Blue Sapphire Jubilee year with two visually spectacular and very loud accession gun salutes in London, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC\/MoD Crown<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Overall Professional Army PR Image\/Professional Portrait: Sgt Jonathan van Zyl<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat8-Pro-Portrait-1000-miles-Cpl-Jonathan-van-Zyl-621x400.jpg\")
\t\t\tYoung soldier from the third Battalion, The Princess of Wales\u2019s Royal Regiment, Credit: Sgt Jonathan Lee van Zyl\/MoD Crown Copyright<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Sport\/Adventure Training: Guy Butler<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat9-Pro-SportAT-Fist-Bump-Guy-Butler.jpg\")
\t\t\t‘Fist Bump,’ Credit: Guy Butler<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Category Soldiering: Ian Griffiths<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat10-Pro-Sold-Fan-Dance-Ian-Griffiths-630x377.jpg\")
\t\t\t‘Fan Dance,’ Credit: Ian Griffiths, Army Photographer, Infantry Battle School<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Story: Sgt Rupert Frere<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat11-Pro-Story-1-Advance-to-Contact-Sgt-Rupert-Frere.jpg\")
\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat11-Pro-Story-1-Prepare-to-Fight-Sgt-Rupert-Frere.jpg\")
\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat11-Pro-Story-1-Surround-the-Enemy-Sgt-Rupert-Frere.jpg\")
\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat11-Pro-Story-1-Win-the-Firefight-Sgt-Rupert-Frere.jpg\")
\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n
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\nAmateur Portfolio: Bdr Murray Kerr<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat7-Am-Portfolio-1-Cry-havoc-Bdr-Murray-Kerr.jpg\")
\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat7-Am-Portfolio-1-Get-your-head-down-Bdr-Murray-Kerr.jpg\")
\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat7-Am-Portfolio-1-Strategy-requires-thought-Bdr-Murray-Kerr.jpg\")
\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) on Exercise Dynamic Victory, Hohenfels Training area, Bavaria, March 2017, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat7-Am-Portfolio-1-War-minus-the-shooting-Bdr-Murray-Kerr.jpg\")
\t\t\t150 members of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were guests of Rangers Football Club at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow for the Rangers Charity Foundation Armed Forces Day Match, between Rangers and Dundee, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Portrait: WO2 Ben Houston<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat4-Am-Portrait-18000ft-WO2-Ben-Houston.jpg\")
\t\t\t‘18,000ft,’ Credit: WO2 Ben Houston<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Sport\/Adventure Training: Richie Willis<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat5-Am-SportAT-Less-Emissions-Richie-Willis.jpg\")
\t\t\t‘Less Emissions,’ Credit: Richie Willis<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Category Soldiering: Cpl Mark Larner<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat6-Am-Sold-Waiting-for-the-off-Cpl-Mark-Larner.jpg\")
\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) waiting to charge mock protesters on Public Order training as part of Exercise Templer’s Triumph on Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Cpl Mark Larner RY<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Operation Camera (public): PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1st-Cat2-Op-Camera-Remembrance-PO-Owen-Cooban-RN.jpg\")
\t\t\tService of remembrance at the Cenotaph, Sun 13 Nov 2016. Image shows Chelsea Pensioners marching past the Cenotaph, Credit: PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Best Online Image (voted by the public): Paul Clark<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cat4-Am-Portrait-The-Rifles-SI-Paul-Clark.jpg\")
\t\t\tCredit: Paul Clark<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
\nThe Army Photographic Competition was judged by Peter Macdiarmid, London News Pictures, and Nigel Atherton, editor of Amateur Photographer<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Army Photographic Competition winners have been revealed across 16 categories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2688,"featured_media":111966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[677,484,525],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-111956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news","tag-competition","tag-homepage","tag-portrait"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\t\t\tYoung soldier from the third Battalion, The Princess of Wales\u2019s Royal Regiment, Credit: Sgt Jonathan Lee van Zyl\/MoD Crown Copyright<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Sport\/Adventure Training: Guy Butler<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘Fist Bump,’ Credit: Guy Butler<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Category Soldiering: Ian Griffiths<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘Fan Dance,’ Credit: Ian Griffiths, Army Photographer, Infantry Battle School<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Story: Sgt Rupert Frere<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n
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\nAmateur Portfolio: Bdr Murray Kerr<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) on Exercise Dynamic Victory, Hohenfels Training area, Bavaria, March 2017, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t150 members of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were guests of Rangers Football Club at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow for the Rangers Charity Foundation Armed Forces Day Match, between Rangers and Dundee, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Portrait: WO2 Ben Houston<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘18,000ft,’ Credit: WO2 Ben Houston<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Sport\/Adventure Training: Richie Willis<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘Less Emissions,’ Credit: Richie Willis<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Category Soldiering: Cpl Mark Larner<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) waiting to charge mock protesters on Public Order training as part of Exercise Templer’s Triumph on Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Cpl Mark Larner RY<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Operation Camera (public): PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tService of remembrance at the Cenotaph, Sun 13 Nov 2016. Image shows Chelsea Pensioners marching past the Cenotaph, Credit: PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Best Online Image (voted by the public): Paul Clark<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Paul Clark<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
\nThe Army Photographic Competition was judged by Peter Macdiarmid, London News Pictures, and Nigel Atherton, editor of Amateur Photographer<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Army Photographic Competition winners have been revealed across 16 categories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2688,"featured_media":111966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[677,484,525],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-111956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news","tag-competition","tag-homepage","tag-portrait"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\t\t\t‘Fist Bump,’ Credit: Guy Butler<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
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Professional Story: Sgt Rupert Frere<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n
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\nAmateur Portfolio: Bdr Murray Kerr<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) on Exercise Dynamic Victory, Hohenfels Training area, Bavaria, March 2017, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t150 members of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were guests of Rangers Football Club at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow for the Rangers Charity Foundation Armed Forces Day Match, between Rangers and Dundee, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Portrait: WO2 Ben Houston<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘18,000ft,’ Credit: WO2 Ben Houston<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Sport\/Adventure Training: Richie Willis<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘Less Emissions,’ Credit: Richie Willis<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Category Soldiering: Cpl Mark Larner<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) waiting to charge mock protesters on Public Order training as part of Exercise Templer’s Triumph on Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Cpl Mark Larner RY<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Operation Camera (public): PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tService of remembrance at the Cenotaph, Sun 13 Nov 2016. Image shows Chelsea Pensioners marching past the Cenotaph, Credit: PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Best Online Image (voted by the public): Paul Clark<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Paul Clark<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
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\t\t\t‘Fan Dance,’ Credit: Ian Griffiths, Army Photographer, Infantry Battle School<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Professional Story: Sgt Rupert Frere<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\nAmateur Portfolio: Bdr Murray Kerr<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t150 members of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were guests of Rangers Football Club at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow for the Rangers Charity Foundation Armed Forces Day Match, between Rangers and Dundee, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Amateur Portrait: WO2 Ben Houston<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t‘18,000ft,’ Credit: WO2 Ben Houston<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
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Operation Camera (public): PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tService of remembrance at the Cenotaph, Sun 13 Nov 2016. Image shows Chelsea Pensioners marching past the Cenotaph, Credit: PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
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\t\t\tSoldiers from 1st Battalion the Irish Guards conduct a live firing exercise deep in the Belize Jungle, Credit: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t
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Continues below…<\/em><\/p>\n [collection name=”small”]<\/p>\n Exercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t Exercise Templers Triumph, RMA Sandhurst, June 2017, Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t Officer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) on Exercise Dynamic Victory, Hohenfels Training area, Bavaria, March 2017, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t 150 members of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were guests of Rangers Football Club at Ibrox stadium in Glasgow for the Rangers Charity Foundation Armed Forces Day Match, between Rangers and Dundee, Credit: Bombardier Murray Kerr RA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n ‘18,000ft,’ Credit: WO2 Ben Houston<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n ‘Less Emissions,’ Credit: Richie Willis<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n Officer Cadets from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) waiting to charge mock protesters on Public Order training as part of Exercise Templer’s Triumph on Longmoor Training Area, Credit: Cpl Mark Larner RY<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n Service of remembrance at the Cenotaph, Sun 13 Nov 2016. Image shows Chelsea Pensioners marching past the Cenotaph, Credit: PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n Credit: Paul Clark<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n The Army Photographic Competition winners have been revealed across 16 categories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2688,"featured_media":111966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[677,484,525],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-111956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news","tag-competition","tag-homepage","tag-portrait"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nAmateur Portfolio: Bdr Murray Kerr<\/h2>\n\n\t\t
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\t\t\tOperation Camera (public): PO Owen Cooban, RN<\/h2>\n\n\t\t
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